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FOOTBALL IN THE GARDEN; Yale's Senior Team Find Stagg's Christians No Mean foes.; New York Sun; Twenty-five hundred persons were in the amphiteatre of Madison Square Garden last night to witness the section of mid-winter athletic sports given under the auspices of the Staten Island Athletic Club. There was a marked improvement in the management and the football exhibition made the evening enjoyable. football is the game for the masses, and there wasn't a dull moment from the time that Yale's senior team lined up against Stagg's athletic Christians from Springfield. Stgg, a bundle of muscle and as gritty a player as ever doffed a sweater has good material in the God-fearing band he has gathered together, and Yale had no sinecure and had the fight every inch of the ground before she won by a score of 16 to 10. The game began with Yale holding the ball, but the leather was speedily transferred to Stagg's men for offensive play. Stagg's valient Christians bucked the centre three times for

An All-American Yale player, Stagg brought football to what is now Springfield College and coached the institution’s first team in 1891. After arriving as a graduate student and instructor in 1890, Stagg posted a notice inviting students and faculty to play football for the institution. The first year ended with a 5-3 record, highlighted by a 26-0 defeat of Amherst. After coaching for fifty-seven years at number of different institutions, he became the dean of college football coaches. Stagg pioneered the huddle, the man in motion, the end-around, and the Statue of Liberty play, among others. During October 2006, the refurbished Benedum Field was renamed the Amos Alonzo Stagg Field. In The Fireside Book of Football, Edwin Pope describes Stagg as “football’s Ben Franklin, Alexander Bell, and Thomas Edison all rolled into one.” Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick, father of physical education and recreation in the United States, came to what is now Springfield College in 1887, where he helped found the physical training department and served as its first director. Gulick also created the Springfield College's seal, the inverted triangle, whose three sides represent the whole man - in spirit, mind and body. The symbol was first adopted by the school's students in 1891. Later, it was adopted by the YMCA and is still the basis for the symbol they use today. While at Springfield, Gulick directed James Naismith, who was a teacher at the school, to create a winter sport to be played indoors. Soon after, Naismith created the game of basketball. Gulick left Springfield College in 1900 to work as the physical education director at the Pratt Institute High School in Brooklyn. In 1910, Gulick and his wife Charlotte founded the Camp Fire Girls of America, a youth movement for girls which emphasized camping, outdoor activities and preparing women for work outside the home. Gulick died at his summer home in Maine at the age of 52.

FOOTBALL IN THE GARDEN; Yale's Senior Team Find Stagg's Christians No Mean foes.; New York Sun; Twenty-five hundred persons were in the amphitheater of Madison Square Garden last night to witness the section of mid-winter athletic sports given under the auspices of the Staten Island Athletic Club. There was a marked improvement in the management and the football exhibition made the evening enjoyable. football is the game for the masses, adn there wasn't a dull moment from the time that Yale's senior team lined up against Stagg's athletic Christians from Springfield. Stgg, a bundle of muscle and as gritty a player as ever doffed a sweater has good material in the God-fearing band he has gathered together, and Yale had no sinecure and had the fight every inch of the ground before she won by a score of 16 to 10. The game began with Yale holding the ball, but the leather was speedily transferred to Stagg's men for offensive play. Stagg's valient Christians bucked the centre three times for gains of three, four and five respectively, and after some brilliant playing the Yale men were tossed before the men from Springfield like chaff before the wind.

Small damage from staple in top center of all pages. Creasing and small tears in the center of the pages from having been folded. The boarders of the first and last pages have dark discolorations. Writing in pencil at the top of the first page reads "Played in Madison Square Garden NY City in 1890." Small corrections made in pencil on the first page.

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FOOTBALL IN THE GARDEN; Yale's Senior Team Find Stagg's Christians No Mean foes.; New York Sun; Twenty-five hundred persons were in the amphiteatre of Madison Square Garden last night to witness the section of mid-winter athletic sports given under the auspices of the Staten Island Athletic Club. There was a marked improvement in the management and the football exhibition made the evening enjoyable. football is the game for the masses, and there wasn't a dull moment from the time that Yale's senior team lined up against Stagg's athletic Christians from Springfield. Stgg, a bundle of muscle and as gritty a player as ever doffed a sweater has good material in the God-fearing band he has gathered together, and Yale had no sinecure and had the fight every inch of the ground before she won by a score of 16 to 10. The game began with Yale holding the ball, but the leather was speedily transferred to Stagg's men for offensive play. Stagg's valient Christians bucked the centre three times for

Text and images are owned, held, or licensed by Springfield College and are available for personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that ownership is properly cited. A credit line is required and should read: Courtesy of Springfield College, Babson Library, Archives and Special Collections. Any commercial use without written permission from Springfield College is strictly prohibited. Other individuals or entities other than, and in addition to, Springfield College may also own copyrights and other propriety rights. The publishing, exhibiting, or broadcasting party assumes all responsibility for clearing reproduction rights and for any infringement of United States copyright law.